Athlone Town

[Lim till i die]

Latest Rumour on the off season rumour roundabout is that eventhough they will be in the First Division this year they are basically a corpse?

No players or manager?

Discuss. :ball:

[nigel-harps1954]

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[Titan]

Latest Rumour on the off season rumour roundabout is that eventhough they will be in the First Division this year they are basically a corpse?

No players or manager?

Discuss. :ball:

Did Mathews resign?

They appointed a commercial manager before Christmas. Presume he's bringing in a few quid for them?

[KeepersBall]

Did Mathews resign?

They appointed a commercial manager before Christmas. Presume he's bringing in a few quid for them? As Mark Twain once said, or almost, 'Rumours of their death are greatly exaggerated'. Last seasons manager was holding out until certain issues were addressed. All those have now virtually been sorted, and it is reasonable to ass to assume he will be in charge again. Training begins next week. As for players. Buck knows, but am hearing it will be a 'VERY' young squad.

[GitYerKorna]

Sponsored by "Pampers" :excitement:

[Mr A]

Mathews confirmed for this year: http://athlonetownfc.ie/alan-mathews-confirmed-as-manager-for-2016/

[Lim till i die]

Mathews confirmed for this year: http://athlonetownfc.ie/alan-mathews-confirmed-as-manager-for-2016/

So the rumours are true.

They ARE doomed

[Longfordian]

This is the best statement I've read in an awful long time. Not for the reasons intended mind you. The keyboard warriors reference cracked me up.

http://athlonetownfc.ie/fai-junior-cup-semi-final-venue-change-statement/

[outspoken]

This is the best statement I've read in an awful long time. Not for the reasons intended mind you. The keyboard warriors reference cracked me up.

http://athlonetownfc.ie/fai-junior-cup-semi-final-venue-change-statement/

Hard to argue with what they are saying if it's true though. Good statement.

[Longfordian]

It may be true but they didn't have to start actually calling the Peter's officials incompetent and going on about keyboard warriors in an official statement. Funny as it is, they should be above that. If it was LTFC I'd expect (well hope actually..) that we'd just set out the timeline and let the facts speak for themselves.

[nigel-harps1954]

"The statement was designed to cause maximum embarrassment notwithstanding that at the time of its publication or shortly prior thereto the events which are set out hereunder were in fact taking place in order to facilitate the game for St. Peter’s."

What a sentence.

[outspoken]

It may be true but they didn't have to start actually calling the Peter's officials incompetent and going on about keyboard warriors in an official statement. Funny as it is, they should be above that. If it was LTFC I'd expect (well hope actually..) that we'd just set out the timeline and let the facts speak for themselves.

We'd probably just post a one line long ''press release''

[atfconline]

"The statement was designed to cause maximum embarrassment notwithstanding that at the time of its publication or shortly prior thereto the events which are set out hereunder were in fact taking place in order to facilitate the game for St. Peter’s."

What a sentence.

Chairman is a Barrister!

[gufcfan]

and which has done nothing more than to fuel those keyboard warriors of social media who have not been gifted with the skills or attributes necessary to use same in a meaningful way.

That's a quite a sentence as well.

[Longfordian]

I admire the statement for its sheer agression I have to say, even if I wouldn't do it if I were they. There'll be no friendlies between ATFC and St Peter's any time soon though I suspect they never got on anyway.

[Martinho II]

where in Athlone are St Peters based can I ask? I know ex Athlone town player Noel McGee is with them!

[atfconline]

Right out on the edge of town, over on the west side.

[Martinho II]

Right out on the edge of town, over on the west side.

when I was with the Sligo IT side in the mid nineties I am certain that we played on their pitch before when Sligo IT played Athlone IT. Is this in Co Roscommon?

[EAFC_rdfl]

Roscommon side indeed.astro pitch one side of the road, grass pitch the other,which tends to have bother with rain

[ATFC-1887]

Roscommon side indeed.astro pitch one side of the road, grass pitch the other,which tends to have bother with rain
Nope its Westmeath.

[nigel-harps1954]

Nope its Westmeath.

Pretty sure it's on the Roscommon side of the border. Out by Monksland I thought they were.

[ATFC-1887]

Pretty sure it's on the Roscommon side of the border. Out by Monksland I thought they were.
Its not far from monksland but still in westmeath. Its close to the Battery Heights if ya know there. Shines bar in monksland is the border.

[nigel-harps1954]

Not going to argue, was fully sure it was out further than Battery Heights though. About 6 or 7 years since I was there though and I got a lift at the time so wasn't paying as much attention as if one were driving.

[atfconline]

It's on the Roscommon side of the border.

https://www.google.ie/maps/place/St+Peters+Football+Club,+Co.+Roscommon/@53.4199221,-7.9659439,961m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x485c48ed8e58d631:0xf0ec4 c11e3111507

[ATFC-1887]

Fair enough. Presumed it was westmeath side. Just about in roscommon. They have it on their website as westmeath.

[bennocelt]

will it not be in westmeath soon enough, no?

[atfconline]

Game abandoned due to snow! Will be interesting to see where it is replayed.

[ATFC-1887]

will it not be in westmeath soon enough, no?
Nah thats not going to happen. Way too much opposition to it, and rightly so.

[ATFC-1887]

Game abandoned due to snow! Will be interesting to see where it is replayed.
Tullamore on Wednesday April 20th